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Archive for September 2008

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Sep

Fresh off the press…

Jacob Gaffney  in General

More and more Brits are becoming oenophiles with a third of us having at least ten bottles in storage at home and one in three having visited a vineyard on a recent holiday. However, we’ve still got some way to go with one in four of us thinking Sauvignon Blanc is a brand name […]

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18

Sep

Drinking Water Innovation

Jacob Gaffney  in Health, Living , ,

Most western countries’ drinking water is of excellent quality, but there is no room for complacency. The challenges are growing: undesirable contaminants are found in rivers, lakes and groundwater.
Climate change is also warming waterbodies, with implications for water quality, and in developing countries more and more people are reliant on groundwater containing natural contaminants. In […]

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17

Sep

The English Wine Puzzle

Jacob Gaffney  in News , ,

InterWined is not English. InterWined may be written in English, but often this is where the similarities end.
We present this shaky intro as a segue to an even shakier premise: the English approach to wine is so very unique that to the outsider, it is sometimes puzzling.
Take for example the recent decision of a food […]

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10

Sep

Bedeviled Wine Choices

Jacob Gaffney  in White Wines, Grüner Veltliner, Albariño , , , , , , ,

Lunch yesterday at Canteen restaurant in London provided an unusual challenge for InterWined in trying to find what wine pairs with both devilled kidneys on toast and potted duck with piccalilli?
Canteen is a different sort of place that seems hit-or-miss with many of its diners. In fact, more miss than hit, as the pro-Canteen […]

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9

Sep

Got Milk? Careful…

Jacob Gaffney  in Health, Food

Milk may help prevent potentially dangerous bacteria like Staphylococcus from being killed by antibiotics used to treat animals, scientists heard September 8, 2008 at the Society for General Microbiology’s Autumn meeting held at Trinity College, Dublin.
Bacteria sometimes form structures called biofilms that protect them against antibiotics and the body’s natural defences. Now scientists have discovered […]

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4

Sep

Still on Holiday?

Jacob Gaffney  in Red Wines, Pinot Noir, Sparkling Wines, Champagne, Sauvignon Blanc , ,

You bet your taste vin!
InterWined is still on holiday…but will be returning next week. In the meantime, to keep your toddies warm…we have some info that has been previously misreported in the press:
Victoria Beckham spent £5000 (not £8000!) at a recent dinner at ITHACA, a Japanese restaurant in Manchester on Thursday 28th August. She was […]

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